[ale] laptop overheats before install completes

[Rich Faulkner]

Late comer to the thread and have not read them all...no time for that
right now...

Exhaust grills on laptops get buggered up with lint that literally makes
a layer as a blanket or insulation.  I'd pop the case and blow that
thing out.  Sometimes adding a simple mesh over the ports will help keep
crud bey.  Had to do that with my Travelmate...tons of ish layered in
there from my various travels onsite.

Check cooling fans while there and if open, I'd put a fresh layer of
thermal grease on the chips and CPU.  Won't hurt!

Cheers!   ---R


On Wed, 2012-04-04 at 13:22 -0400, Jim Philips wrote:

> Just trolling for possible solutions: My laptop has an ATI Radeon
> video card. Unless the Catalyst driver is installed, it quickly starts
> to overheat. I messed up my Ubuntu install, so now I want to
> reinstall. But when I try, about 50% of the files get copied to disk
> and then it slows down and finally shuts off due to overheating. This
> wasn't a problem earlier, but I think with each thermal shutdown, the
> laptop gets a little more susceptible to overheating. Once Catalyst is
> installed, everything works fine. But I can only install Catalyst if I
> complete the install of Ubuntu. Any workarounds anybody can think of?
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